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>> you ran against president obama last year. you didn't beat him and i realize you're not the most objective person in the room to gauge his performance in office, drug war aside, how do you think he's done considering the forces aligned against him? >> they've all taken that grover norquist vow as i said in one of my speeches and that no matter how bad it gets for the parents of the american heroes, who went to fight in iraq, no matter how bad it gets for those parents, if they lose their homes and their jobs, the taxes on the upper 1% will never be raised. they've all signed that. i mean, that's the system they're working under, all of them, and, you know, obama does a lot of, you know, whatever. i know longer believe all that, you know, oh, it's his -- it's their fault, it's our fault. they work together, and it is -- they bring up false ridiculous issues that are a matter of equal rights for all people in our country, period, no more laws, just that. you know, they just bring up all these ridiculous things that are false cho
>> you ran against president obama last year. you didn't beat him and i realize you're not the most objective person in the room to gauge his performance in office, drug war aside, how do you think he's done considering the forces aligned against him? >> they've all taken that grover norquist vow as i said in one of my speeches and that no matter how bad it gets for the parents of the american heroes, who went to fight in iraq, no matter how bad it gets for those parents, if they...
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obama radar or is this a defining week for his second term? >> i think it's actually going to have some staying hour but even before addressing that, i think there is more to this a.p. story than i think we're giving credit. it is not clear that what the justice department did was actually legal. they have their own internal guidelines statutory guidelines as to when they are to get a secret subpoena as opposed to informing the media outlet. they're seeking one and giving the media outlet a time to negotiate. with that being said, yeah, look, the republican party i've said this in the context of many other issues, they have created a frankenstein and it is running through the streets. they're going to run with benghazi. they're going to run with the i.r.s. because that feeds nicely into their narrative. i think they're actually going to get tripped up on what i would perceive is the real scandal because the president this week pushed harry reid to push the shield that which would protect media outlets in this way, provide some statutory protec
obama radar or is this a defining week for his second term? >> i think it's actually going to have some staying hour but even before addressing that, i think there is more to this a.p. story than i think we're giving credit. it is not clear that what the justice department did was actually legal. they have their own internal guidelines statutory guidelines as to when they are to get a secret subpoena as opposed to informing the media outlet. they're seeking one and giving the media outlet...
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an issue that has been largely quiet for the last four years. joining us now for a joining us now for a perspective on the situation is he's the author of "leading from behind: the reluctant president and the advisors who decide for him". he comes to us from washington. richard, welcome inside "the war room." >> thank you. >> michael: i want to -- i want to ask you about the hostage situation. it's focused american attention on an issue that -- you know, that frankly hasn't had its focus for a while. what can you tell us about, you know, what is happening there, and how it affects america? >> well one of the things that this shows is that ignorance is dangerous. the united states ignored afghanistan in the 1990s and we saw what came out of that. we have been ignoring this area of africa for a long time even though morocco has been saying for many years that radical islamic groups have been growing for a while. perhaps the most prominent of them this one. he is someone who emerges in 2002, and takes 18 germans and french backpackers hostage. he g
an issue that has been largely quiet for the last four years. joining us now for a joining us now for a perspective on the situation is he's the author of "leading from behind: the reluctant president and the advisors who decide for him". he comes to us from washington. richard, welcome inside "the war room." >> thank you. >> michael: i want to -- i want to ask you about the hostage situation. it's focused american attention on an issue that -- you know, that...
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last year. well, today illinois democratic senator dick durbin who is the guy to first propose the dream act said with this bill that temporary reprepare could become permanent. >> the cream act is going to be an integral part of comprehensive immigration reform. i look forward to happy news for these dreamers. >> john: i'm joined by george zornick washington reporter for the nation. and arturo carmona executive director of presente.org , which is described itself as being a national organization thattists to ampify the political voice for the latino communities. do you think this could ever satisfy the needs of the 11 million undocumented workers already living here? >> look, we welcome the opening of the immigration debate. there is no question that it's been long overdue. the current situation is untenable. hundreds of thousands of immigrants is been deported. these were immigrants who were hard working and contributing families to this country. it's important to recognize this as a step forw
last year. well, today illinois democratic senator dick durbin who is the guy to first propose the dream act said with this bill that temporary reprepare could become permanent. >> the cream act is going to be an integral part of comprehensive immigration reform. i look forward to happy news for these dreamers. >> john: i'm joined by george zornick washington reporter for the nation. and arturo carmona executive director of presente.org , which is described itself as being a...
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that's what the last 30 years been about, what has president obama done about these issues? he takes a lot of heat from the right and the left on it, but rick, what has he done and what could he do outside of the executive orders? >> there are two levels. one is philosophical, and the other is real things he could do to have more immediate impact. jobs bills, infrastructure bills, he has even gone so far of developing infrastructure in the private sector, and the congress would have none of it. he can't do it on his own. on the philosophical part, i wonder if he could kick it up a notch to find a way to drive home the point that the republicans could blame him for this forever, let's go back 30 years. before anybody heard of barack obama, we were well on the track of income inequality. the bigger philosophical question tough to get through. this is what he keeps giving the same speech about. >> john: and he articulates the problem beautifully, but so did ross perot. >> that's a great example. >> john: tina, as rick pointed out in 2011 this president sent congress a jobs plan
that's what the last 30 years been about, what has president obama done about these issues? he takes a lot of heat from the right and the left on it, but rick, what has he done and what could he do outside of the executive orders? >> there are two levels. one is philosophical, and the other is real things he could do to have more immediate impact. jobs bills, infrastructure bills, he has even gone so far of developing infrastructure in the private sector, and the congress would have none...
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because five years ago president obama made a written campaign promise to the gay community, he told us that as president, he would sign an executive order that saves taxpayer money by making sure the best qualified workers get jobs as federal contractors. he has not yet fulfilled that campaign promise and poor jay had to justify that for five years. he's getting tired and he's floundering as he does it. i've got to say that the obama white house has been m.i.a. on the employment nondiscrimination act. they have not done enough, they have not pushed for it. about a few minutes after the vote, i got -- i checked my phone and i had an e-mail from one of my contacts in the white house and they sent out a press statement, an e-mail celebrating the win. and that was -- i thought to myself, this is the least they could do. this is literally the least they could do. and they've done nothing more. there is no evidence that they're lobbying the hold out senators like florida and virginia and mr. pryor of arkansas. they should be on this bill. they're not and there's no evidence that the presi
because five years ago president obama made a written campaign promise to the gay community, he told us that as president, he would sign an executive order that saves taxpayer money by making sure the best qualified workers get jobs as federal contractors. he has not yet fulfilled that campaign promise and poor jay had to justify that for five years. he's getting tired and he's floundering as he does it. i've got to say that the obama white house has been m.i.a. on the employment...
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. >>> now when president obama came out in favor of marriage equality last year, it marked a turning point in the gay rights movement. 51% of the country did not support marriage equality. now 53% do. in recent weeks perhaps coinciding with the recent surge in popularity, more and more politicians have begun to come out of the closet in support of gay marriage. first, senator rob portman who changed his mind after his own son came out two years ago. hillary clinton announced her support in a youtube video in no way preparing for a 2016 campaign. four democratic senators revealed their support of gay marriage. missouri senator claire mccaskill, mark warner, alaska senator mark bell itch and this afternoon, jon tester from the great state of montana. right now it doesn't matter how much public support we have, it lies in the hands of six men and three women who are wearing long, black dresses. joining me is larry pressler who was one of dozens of prominent republicans who signed a legal brief arguing gay people have a constitutional right to marry. i'm thrilled to welcome back richard
. >>> now when president obama came out in favor of marriage equality last year, it marked a turning point in the gay rights movement. 51% of the country did not support marriage equality. now 53% do. in recent weeks perhaps coinciding with the recent surge in popularity, more and more politicians have begun to come out of the closet in support of gay marriage. first, senator rob portman who changed his mind after his own son came out two years ago. hillary clinton announced her...
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motor trend's 2013 truck of the year. >> obama: and each day brings further evidence that the way we harness the sun the wind and the soil to fuel our cars and run our factories. >> michael: that was the only shout out the environment got during president obama's 2009 inaugural address. now with hurricane sandy, a record-breaking drought it sound like the president may be moved from reaction to action. >> obama: we will respond to the threat of climate change knowing that the failure to do so would betray our children and future generations. some may still deny the overwhelming judgment of science, but none can avoid the devastating impact of raging firesser and crippling drought and more powerful storms. >> michael: but will policy follow words this time? will mitigating the effects of climate change be a hallmark of president obama's second term? he did say climate change. joining me now to discuss the progressives reaction to president obama's speech is donny fowler, uea graduate. he runs his own political firm here. donny as always great to have you back inside "the war room." be
motor trend's 2013 truck of the year. >> obama: and each day brings further evidence that the way we harness the sun the wind and the soil to fuel our cars and run our factories. >> michael: that was the only shout out the environment got during president obama's 2009 inaugural address. now with hurricane sandy, a record-breaking drought it sound like the president may be moved from reaction to action. >> obama: we will respond to the threat of climate change knowing that the...
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they came together and they -- you know, they worked it out over a period of years. the thing with what happened with president obama when he got in, the impression was it was a top-down -- it was being implemented and imposed on people rather than all of the states debating it. that's how i think -- that's why it got such a bad rap. >> john: the other big difference of course, romney care covers abortions, obamacare didn't. jimmy, you recently returned to school and earned a masters from harvard university's kennedy school of government. was this to enhance your act or do you have political aspirations? you're kind of a legend up there. >> it has both, john. you know that i ran for president in 2012. i think you know that. under the humor for humanity program. the humor for humanity party. humor in helping. humor in healing, humor in hope. ha, ha, ha. that's what they would chant at my rallies, ha, ha, ha. my whole thing, john, was common sense. for example, you mentioned abortion. all right. big influence here in massachusetts for myself growing up was catholicism.
they came together and they -- you know, they worked it out over a period of years. the thing with what happened with president obama when he got in, the impression was it was a top-down -- it was being implemented and imposed on people rather than all of the states debating it. that's how i think -- that's why it got such a bad rap. >> john: the other big difference of course, romney care covers abortions, obamacare didn't. jimmy, you recently returned to school and earned a masters from...
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later or eight years later but i don't see--it may have been what barack obama was doing when he started his campaign. i don't think he thought he was going to win the presidency right out of the gate, and then we saw what happened. what happens to andrew cuomo to joe biden and bigger names who runs against her? >> there are two new yorkers who are thinking of running for president, andrew cuomo and the united states senator. when you run you have to raise money. the two best states to raise money is new york and california. if milk runs, take could you cue mow and jill brand and joe biden is a sitting vice president. he has profile. that would be two behemouths. >> michael: thank you, i'm glad i got you to talk about it. that was a victory. senators who have not endorsed gay marriage, the ones we were talking about the train has all but left the station. that story and more when we come back after the break. real immigration reform? >> with a distinctly satirical point of view. if you believe in state's rights but still believe in the drug war you must be high. >> only on current tv. >>
later or eight years later but i don't see--it may have been what barack obama was doing when he started his campaign. i don't think he thought he was going to win the presidency right out of the gate, and then we saw what happened. what happens to andrew cuomo to joe biden and bigger names who runs against her? >> there are two new yorkers who are thinking of running for president, andrew cuomo and the united states senator. when you run you have to raise money. the two best states to...
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but certainly obama had two years in the senate before he decided to run for president. it seems like cruz is running for president right out of the gate. but he has got a lot of policies that have been proven to be unpopular for w the american people as recently as six months ago when mitt romney was running for president. the stance on abortion, on income inequality and others. and the people voting republican, are the shrinking voter base of the gop. you have got -- certainly smaller numbers of white voters the pew center had a study that said white participation in the election dropped from 83% in 1996 to just 74% in 2012, and in the last election cycle, african american participation alone in the election was better than white participation by two percentage points. so this is the new face of the party with the same old policies. running to excite a voter base that is shrinking as we speak. >> michael: that's a great light to cast on this. and he was going directly at the president. it would be one thing if he was a -- here is a tweet. that was sent out by united st
but certainly obama had two years in the senate before he decided to run for president. it seems like cruz is running for president right out of the gate. but he has got a lot of policies that have been proven to be unpopular for w the american people as recently as six months ago when mitt romney was running for president. the stance on abortion, on income inequality and others. and the people voting republican, are the shrinking voter base of the gop. you have got -- certainly smaller numbers...
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we view the challenges for her and president obama's second foreign policy. plus the bush years could have been known the world according to dick cheney. brit brit explains it all. he's next right here in the war room. [ male announcer ] the exclusive air suspension in the 2013 ram 1500. ♪ ♪ engineered to move heaven and earth. ♪ ♪ guts. glory. ram. the new ram 1500. motor trend's 2013 truck of the year. [ male announcer ] this is karen and jeremiah. they don't know it yet but they're gonna fall in love get married, have a couple of kids, [ children laughing ] move to the country, and live a long, happy life together where they almost never fight about money. [ dog barks ] because right after they get married they'll find some retirement people who are paid on salary not commission. they'll get straightforward guidance and be able to focus on other things, like each other, which isn't rocket science. it's just common sense. from td ameritrade. [ rosa ] i'm rosa and i quit smoking with chantix. when the doctor told me that i could smoke for the first w
we view the challenges for her and president obama's second foreign policy. plus the bush years could have been known the world according to dick cheney. brit brit explains it all. he's next right here in the war room. [ male announcer ] the exclusive air suspension in the 2013 ram 1500. ♪ ♪ engineered to move heaven and earth. ♪ ♪ guts. glory. ram. the new ram 1500. motor trend's 2013 truck of the year. [ male announcer ] this is karen and jeremiah. they don't know it yet but they're...
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he does not want to lose the white house after eight years of president obama like we saw after eight years of president clinton. he'll get behind the candidate who will most likely win for the democrats. if that's hillary clinton which at this early stage it certainly looks like he's going to get behind the person who has the best chance for a democratic party without a doubt. >> michael: he does seem smart about that. he was smart about it in '08, and i suspect he'll be spatterbesmart about it in 20/16. thank you. the house of representatives have been dismantleed but will they surprise me on immigration? we'll talk about that right after the break. >> michael: while you may have spent your holiday weekend enjoying parades barbecues the nhl playoffs and--not the nhl playoffs--some republicans created a new tradition of their own, finding faults with the immigration reform bill and calling it amnesty. >> the main problem with illegal immigration is that we don't have enough legal immigration. this bill because it was negotiated with the unions actually lowers the numbers for work vis
he does not want to lose the white house after eight years of president obama like we saw after eight years of president clinton. he'll get behind the candidate who will most likely win for the democrats. if that's hillary clinton which at this early stage it certainly looks like he's going to get behind the person who has the best chance for a democratic party without a doubt. >> michael: he does seem smart about that. he was smart about it in '08, and i suspect he'll be spatterbesmart...
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four years ago when the republicans sat in a room on the night of barack obama inauguration, planning on how to destroy his presidency. >> stephanie: yes. >> and anybody thought they were taking a break from that plan -- >> stephanie: don't you love that mcconnell said the inauguration speech was -- a lot of liberalism. to a country we still believe is center right. oh, okay. you continue to believe whatever you want to believe -- >> and romney is going to win in november. i don't know who their pollster is, but they need to hire a new one. and 95% of it was perfectly main stream. this country is center left, and the sooner the republican party gets wise to it, the better for them. >> stephanie: yes, and on each and every issue, americans agree with him, so if that is center right -- >> the right-wing anti-gays came out with tweets saying gay people have all of the rights that everybody else has. that's how delusional they are. >> stephanie: right. here is bill o'reilly. >> not one democrat asks mrs. clinton a tough question. come on, that's appalling. mrs. clinton doesn't really have
four years ago when the republicans sat in a room on the night of barack obama inauguration, planning on how to destroy his presidency. >> stephanie: yes. >> and anybody thought they were taking a break from that plan -- >> stephanie: don't you love that mcconnell said the inauguration speech was -- a lot of liberalism. to a country we still believe is center right. oh, okay. you continue to believe whatever you want to believe -- >> and romney is going to win in...
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but first more >> john: you know, one of the loudest critics of president obama over the past year or so has been america's sweetheart, newt gingrich. yet even newt had to admit yesterday that the president's inauguration speech was, for the most part, "classically american." a speech about giving everyone the opportunity to succeed and to enjoy the same equality under the law? how could anyone, anyone find a problem with an inspiring speech about things like fairness and equal rights? >> simply impossible to do what the president wants to do. ensure prosperity and fairness for every american. can't be done. no matter how much money you spend. >> john: god bless that man. okay. i'm happy to concede the point that prosperity for every american is not a task that can ever be achieved which is probably why the president never said or suggested it, bill. but fairness, we've given up on fairness? i guess fox news will have to change its slogan. fox news, we're balanced, right kucinich? joining me now my panel of nonexperts joe derosa, comedian and co-author of "cheat". contributor to forbe
but first more >> john: you know, one of the loudest critics of president obama over the past year or so has been america's sweetheart, newt gingrich. yet even newt had to admit yesterday that the president's inauguration speech was, for the most part, "classically american." a speech about giving everyone the opportunity to succeed and to enjoy the same equality under the law? how could anyone, anyone find a problem with an inspiring speech about things like fairness and equal...
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president obama, this is the first one is adding a symbolic twist to this year's public spearing in ceremony. on january 21st, the president is going to take the oath of office but with two bibles. one that belonged to abraham lincoln, and one that belonged to martin luther king jr. the president is going to be sworn in with king's bible on martin luther king jr. day. he'll be facing at that moment the lincoln memorial, where king delivered his famous "i have a dream" speech 50 years ago. as far as symbolism goes, it does not get better than that. and then what had gotten better are california's finances. for the first time in five years california will not have a budget deficit. in fact, democratic governor jerry brown today announced a budget for the next fiscal year that bloomberg news projects to have a $851 million surplus. a surplus. as recently as 2009 california ran a $49 billion budget deficit deficit. now $851 million surplus. thanks to voter-approved tax increase the past election, the budget actually increases investments, including for california schools. it takes a progressive
president obama, this is the first one is adding a symbolic twist to this year's public spearing in ceremony. on january 21st, the president is going to take the oath of office but with two bibles. one that belonged to abraham lincoln, and one that belonged to martin luther king jr. the president is going to be sworn in with king's bible on martin luther king jr. day. he'll be facing at that moment the lincoln memorial, where king delivered his famous "i have a dream" speech 50 years...
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remember they released a video earlier this year that was supposed to be devastating indictment of obama. it showed him being a little more black than he normally so. hanging out with black people. and they thought that was -- they thought that was going to bring him down. i think it's just -- indicates how out-of-touch they are. it is really obama what the fox people can't understand is obama really is talking to most of america. >> you should go work at fox. >> john: listen, i worked at fox news plenty. it is happiest place on earth when you walk in there. >> it is a horrible place. are they hiring? [ laughter ] >> john: here's my thing about fox. the week barack obama was sworn in 2009, both bill elo'reilly and sean hannity were given four year contracts. i was praying for mitt romney to get elected. i'm going to buy a boat if he gets elected. fox, it sounds better as the hate obama network than the defend romney network. so aren't they just providing the entertainment and denial their fans demand? >> absolutely. it makes me laugh too to reference back to george w. when george w. was
remember they released a video earlier this year that was supposed to be devastating indictment of obama. it showed him being a little more black than he normally so. hanging out with black people. and they thought that was -- they thought that was going to bring him down. i think it's just -- indicates how out-of-touch they are. it is really obama what the fox people can't understand is obama really is talking to most of america. >> you should go work at fox. >> john: listen, i...
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and president obama hon in order the reigning nba champion the miami heat today. the president did once dream of becoming a pro-basketball player before deciding that he should leave it up to taller more talented players, and pursue a career in public service. for their part the miami heat's players were pretty excited to get a glimpse inside the house. lee brawn james tweeted this. i think they both made the right choices. up next our good friend donnie fowler will tell us what jeb bush and marco rubio aren't getting along. and then the great brett ehrlich. >> coming up how is fox news getting over the loss but when joint pain and stiffness from psoriatic arthritis hit even the smallest things became difficult. i finally understood what serious joint pain is like. i talked to my rheumatologist and he prescribed enbrel. enbrel can help relieve pain, stiffness, and stop joint damage. because enbrel, etanercept suppresses your immune system, it may lower your ability to fight infections. serious, sometimes fatal events including infections tuberculosis lymphoma, oth
and president obama hon in order the reigning nba champion the miami heat today. the president did once dream of becoming a pro-basketball player before deciding that he should leave it up to taller more talented players, and pursue a career in public service. for their part the miami heat's players were pretty excited to get a glimpse inside the house. lee brawn james tweeted this. i think they both made the right choices. up next our good friend donnie fowler will tell us what jeb bush and...
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that 17-year-old barack obama with the big hair and white sport coat. what no flowered tuxs in hawai'i? he has the flowered something the leis around his neck. the photos came from kelly almond. that is her in the fellow dress. she was part of a double date. she gave time access to her yearbook where the president wrote she was extremely sweet and a fox. you really deserve better than clowns like us. even at 17 president obama knew how to play the modest card. finally an update to our atheist stories, pope francis might be cool with atheism, kind of. the new pontiff used a homily to tell the story of a catholic wondering if atheists could do good. he said yes, of course they can. doing good is a duty and the world needs more of it regardless of religious affiliation. that's a good reminder after we've seen the destruction in oklahoma. we have brett erlich calling in sick tomorrow and we should count our blessings that we're going to get anything from him today at all. calm down, everyone brett's talking now. >> life is a game, and sometimes you wish you
that 17-year-old barack obama with the big hair and white sport coat. what no flowered tuxs in hawai'i? he has the flowered something the leis around his neck. the photos came from kelly almond. that is her in the fellow dress. she was part of a double date. she gave time access to her yearbook where the president wrote she was extremely sweet and a fox. you really deserve better than clowns like us. even at 17 president obama knew how to play the modest card. finally an update to our atheist...
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yesterday president obama unveiled a new effort to map the brains activity in unprecedented detail. it records new activity to find cures for brain diseases. he asked congress to approve a $100 million investment in the so-called brain initiative. and cast as a way to create jobs. the project is modeled after the human genome project. the initial $100 million investment may seem like a lot, but it is actually quite small. to put it in context, it'sless than a fifth of what nasa spends every year just to study the sun. and it seems like a small price to pay for potentially unlocking some of the mysteries of the he joins us now via skype from l.a. where he is the chairman and a professor at the department of neurosurgery at cedars-sinai medical center. dr. black, welcome to "the war room." >> hello. >> michael: let's start without an easy one for you. what does it actually mean to map the brain? >> it means different things to different people. some people think of an tom call map, mapping out the basic regions of the brain. that has been done in various forms. there's a big effort to
yesterday president obama unveiled a new effort to map the brains activity in unprecedented detail. it records new activity to find cures for brain diseases. he asked congress to approve a $100 million investment in the so-called brain initiative. and cast as a way to create jobs. the project is modeled after the human genome project. the initial $100 million investment may seem like a lot, but it is actually quite small. to put it in context, it'sless than a fifth of what nasa spends every...
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did. >> as a dc resident, i have a few things to say to president obama. number 1, thank you for recognizing that basically people live in the nation's capitol real col onnists who pay taxes and don't get representation. no. 2, mr. president, what the hell took you so long? you have been there four years. >> there is no better "screw you" that washington inplate in d.c. i love it says that. >> that's the way people here live. >> the content of zero dark 30 has been a hot topic on capitol hill with several senators investigating certain partiess of the movie. now we have a comment from the man in charge of the cia, leon panetta. the outgoing defense secretary was asked about the movie but said, you know what? i lived it. >> did he see the movie? >> that's all he said. >> he had to see it. i hope he saw. >> i hope they had a special screening for him. a quick answer here i saw it yesterday. peter has already seen it. i liked it a lot. i did. i don't know how authentic it was. parts of it remember very authentic, and some were not. the guy who made it said ma
did. >> as a dc resident, i have a few things to say to president obama. number 1, thank you for recognizing that basically people live in the nation's capitol real col onnists who pay taxes and don't get representation. no. 2, mr. president, what the hell took you so long? you have been there four years. >> there is no better "screw you" that washington inplate in d.c. i love it says that. >> that's the way people here live. >> the content of zero dark 30 has...
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and president obama hon in order the reigning nba champion the miami heat today. the president did once dream of becoming a pro-basketball player before deciding that he should leave it up to taller more talented players, and pursue a career in public service. for their part the miami heat's players were pretty excited to get a glimpse inside the house. lee brawn james tweeted this. i think they both made the right choices. up next our good friend donnie fowler will tell us what jeb bush and marco rubio aren't getting along. and then the great brett ehrlich. >> coming up, how is fox news getting over the loss of sarah palin? i'll tell you later in the show. >> jennifer: here is what we know when it comes to gun safety in congress. president obama wants gun safety legislation. house republicans don't like president obama, but house republicans do like police officers. so with that in mind today, president obama invited 13 police chiefs and sheriffs to the white house to discuss gun violence. >> if law enforcement officials who are dealing with this stuff every sing
and president obama hon in order the reigning nba champion the miami heat today. the president did once dream of becoming a pro-basketball player before deciding that he should leave it up to taller more talented players, and pursue a career in public service. for their part the miami heat's players were pretty excited to get a glimpse inside the house. lee brawn james tweeted this. i think they both made the right choices. up next our good friend donnie fowler will tell us what jeb bush and...
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let's look at another thing that president obama talked about the other night. he's talking about raising the minimum wage to $9 an hour by the year 2000 fennel, when five years ago, he promised that he would push for an increase in the minimum wage to nine and a half dollars by two years ago. so what's happened? we've seen since 1968, a decrease by 30%, 30 million people making about 50% less now when adjusted for inflation when c.e.o. compensation averages more than 900% more. that impacts every single one of us. when the minimum wage was raised we'd have $30 billion more a year in consumer spending creating more jobs, a more thriving middle class like we saw in this country for 35 years. cenk: you're right on the policies. if we continued minimum wage, kept up with inflation it would be $10.55 and in you we have a president bragging for asking for $9. write right now, to that point though, do you think the president just thinks i can't get anything done, i have to keep lowering my expectations and that's the problem with the president or do you think he's in
let's look at another thing that president obama talked about the other night. he's talking about raising the minimum wage to $9 an hour by the year 2000 fennel, when five years ago, he promised that he would push for an increase in the minimum wage to nine and a half dollars by two years ago. so what's happened? we've seen since 1968, a decrease by 30%, 30 million people making about 50% less now when adjusted for inflation when c.e.o. compensation averages more than 900% more. that impacts...
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. >> president obama told american television that iran could get a nuclear weapon in under a year. do you think israel would be satisfied with a diplomatic solution? >> well, i think the two countries do look at this slightly different. if i'm israel, i look with grave concern about developments in iran, and the prime minister is right to be concerned about it. obviously, we from a further distance have a different perspective. the president i think will communicate to prime minister netanyahu that he still thinks there is time and is confident that if iran crosses the line from a potential capability that the president's policy is clear that we'll do whatever it takes to deny iran a nuclear weapon. i think he believes there's still time to resolve this short of military force. >> how do you feel about that? do you think israel will be satisfied with a diplomatic solution. >> i think israel would prefer if we use military force but if problem is able to get a verifiable agreement that will limit iran's excite to break out and enrich to weapons grade uranium, i think israel will acc
. >> president obama told american television that iran could get a nuclear weapon in under a year. do you think israel would be satisfied with a diplomatic solution? >> well, i think the two countries do look at this slightly different. if i'm israel, i look with grave concern about developments in iran, and the prime minister is right to be concerned about it. obviously, we from a further distance have a different perspective. the president i think will communicate to prime...
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. >> yes obama will have to shame folks and play politician as we all know that obama doesn't like to do. but he'll have to play the politician role to slip things down the cracks. there is no sitting down to have a conversation about this. it's about what can i hold over your head, and i believe immigration is the strongest one. that could be used to hammer them. >> john: and the g.o.p. needs it, i do want to say that i support impeaching any president who made douglas schulman head of irs. it was president bush who appointed the man. some folks are saying that the g.o.p. will use this and it can hurt the president but there is another scandal going on right now closer to home involving mayor bloomberg. i want to get to this because a year ago this week we were embroiled in the controversy over news corp and what mourdock may have been doing. now the other story is how mayor bloomberg had this technology that seems to have been useed to spy on other people, boulevardberg's lp terminal were used by bloomberg journalists to gather information about wall street banks and monitor geithne
. >> yes obama will have to shame folks and play politician as we all know that obama doesn't like to do. but he'll have to play the politician role to slip things down the cracks. there is no sitting down to have a conversation about this. it's about what can i hold over your head, and i believe immigration is the strongest one. that could be used to hammer them. >> john: and the g.o.p. needs it, i do want to say that i support impeaching any president who made douglas schulman...
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there's not even 50% security in a place where there are a hundred tax already that year. if they're going to do this, they're going to accept that they're going to lose lives for stupid reasons. i don't endorse it. >> you're right about that, the other thing about the obama administration confidently lies or makes false claims there is no accountability, oversight of any kind. there shouldn't be impeachment or punishment but an extreme amount of skepticism in the future, and support for the efforts by congress even if it's the big bad republicans driving it whatever their bad motives are, support the effort to get more information into the hands of the public rather than lie. >> this is not that the republicans are screwing up by doing oversight this time. they screwed up by not doing over sight ever everything else. not just republicans but democrats. my god the negligence of the eight years of the bush administration and not doing proper oversight was unbelievable. i want to go to syria before we go to foreign policies. we have refugees spilling out 500,000 to jordan. 2
there's not even 50% security in a place where there are a hundred tax already that year. if they're going to do this, they're going to accept that they're going to lose lives for stupid reasons. i don't endorse it. >> you're right about that, the other thing about the obama administration confidently lies or makes false claims there is no accountability, oversight of any kind. there shouldn't be impeachment or punishment but an extreme amount of skepticism in the future, and support for...
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proposal and something that obama wanted. and it turned out since the two years have passed a lot of democrats on the hill weren't so crazy about it. they feared defleeting the social security trust fund. so they weren't really pushing for it. so if leader of both parties were not crazy for it obama wasn't going to stick his neck out for it. >> jennifer: right. and it was adopted in the middle of a recession as envisioned to be a temporary tax increase. the final thing i would point out as we review how astonishing it was that republicans voted for a tax increase the last time this happened in 1993 with bill clinton, he had democratic control of the house and the senate, and even then al gore had to come in and cast the deciding vote in the senate. so that's how amazing it is. it's pretty astonishing. michael because you wrote a bit about history today on this, and the recalcitrant ones throughout history that have always been there, i really appreciate your perspective. thanks for joining us again inside "the war room." >> a
proposal and something that obama wanted. and it turned out since the two years have passed a lot of democrats on the hill weren't so crazy about it. they feared defleeting the social security trust fund. so they weren't really pushing for it. so if leader of both parties were not crazy for it obama wasn't going to stick his neck out for it. >> jennifer: right. and it was adopted in the middle of a recession as envisioned to be a temporary tax increase. the final thing i would point out...
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like what a five year old having a tantrum. okay. for member management purposes. [ bell chimes ] >> what? >> stephanie: it is apparently necessary to get the rank and file to stick it to the system. but it seems highly unlikely they'll be able to escape damage here. [ applause ] >> stephanie: and i agree. i love that. we're just waiting for them to finish spinning on their backs in the wal-mart parking lot. all right. tucker yourself out. okay. [ laughter ] >> someone didn't get his nap. >> stephanie: go to bed. john in nashville you are on the "stephanie miller show." >> caller: good morning. i just have -- well actually -- two observations and once statement. >> stephanie: all right. >> caller: the two observations being you and jacki schechner as i observe the two of you every morning when i get off of work. >> stephanie: that sounded kind of dirty. [ giggling ] >> stephanie: that's creepy. all right, john go ahead. >> caller: all right. my statement back to a subject ago on video games. i'm 43 and i have been playing everything
like what a five year old having a tantrum. okay. for member management purposes. [ bell chimes ] >> what? >> stephanie: it is apparently necessary to get the rank and file to stick it to the system. but it seems highly unlikely they'll be able to escape damage here. [ applause ] >> stephanie: and i agree. i love that. we're just waiting for them to finish spinning on their backs in the wal-mart parking lot. all right. tucker yourself out. okay. [ laughter ] >> someone...
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today is the birthday of the late albert einstein and tom coburn and michael caine is 80 years old. and julius caesar was an emperor, now he's a salad. here's "viewpoint." [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> john: good evening, i'm john fugelsang, and this is "viewpoint." day three of president obama's so-called charm offensive saw him meeting with senate republicans and house democrats following the meeting yesterday with house republicans. next stop, tomorrow he'll be speaking at cpac. obama did offer an explanation for his recent outreach in a speech last night to a support group organizing for action. >> obama: over the last several weeks the the press here in washington has been reporting about obama's charm offensive. the truth of the matter is all i've been doing is calling up folks and trying to see if we can break through some of the gobble di di gook of our politics politics. >> john: gobble di gook indeed. it's hard to differentiate between the gook and the gobble di. here is john baner. >> republicans want to balance the budget. the president doesn't. the republicans want to solv
today is the birthday of the late albert einstein and tom coburn and michael caine is 80 years old. and julius caesar was an emperor, now he's a salad. here's "viewpoint." [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> john: good evening, i'm john fugelsang, and this is "viewpoint." day three of president obama's so-called charm offensive saw him meeting with senate republicans and house democrats following the meeting yesterday with house republicans. next stop, tomorrow he'll be...
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>> they have spent year building labor solidarity coalitions. you will remember even 10, 15 years ago, there was a big play by the ceos to pit workers against each other. you still see that now in the extreme house republicans who are saying why would you want an immigrant to get a job over a u.s. worker. and labor's response is know there should be more jobs and we should be lifting up good-paying jobs and pensions for all. >> michael: the democratic party is always looked at a collection of coalitions sometimes at odds with one another. how -- you know, how does this affect the process of electing democrats, of helping unions when you have business interests that are democrats, labor unions, moderates, how do you work around that? >> if you are a responsible national political party, you need a responsible national coalition. so if you want to be a party of the money, not the many you don't have to represent the coalition. but if you want to look like america, you have to look like and live like america. and that's a problem. >> michael: when
>> they have spent year building labor solidarity coalitions. you will remember even 10, 15 years ago, there was a big play by the ceos to pit workers against each other. you still see that now in the extreme house republicans who are saying why would you want an immigrant to get a job over a u.s. worker. and labor's response is know there should be more jobs and we should be lifting up good-paying jobs and pensions for all. >> michael: the democratic party is always looked at a...
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i'm look at you chief obama. could you have imagined this happening back when you were getting baked in college? the colorado case involves brandon coat, a 33-year-old telephone operator working for dish network who was paralyzed in a car crash as a teenager and has been a medical marijuana patient since 2009, who would argue would this guy. he was fired for failing a company drug test. he was never impaired on the job. he was the first to volunteer to get pizza on lunch breaks. his employer, the dish network hi, has not commented on the case but has issued a statement saying everyone be sure to watch it's harold and kumar marathon. wtf, colorado, as long as you're firing decent people for using a prescribed legal medication, let's hope this leads to a crackdown on the freaky diabetics who are always shooting up with insulin. other night? is this personal or is it political? a lot of my work happens by doing the things that i am given to doing anyway. staying in tough with everything that is going on politically
i'm look at you chief obama. could you have imagined this happening back when you were getting baked in college? the colorado case involves brandon coat, a 33-year-old telephone operator working for dish network who was paralyzed in a car crash as a teenager and has been a medical marijuana patient since 2009, who would argue would this guy. he was fired for failing a company drug test. he was never impaired on the job. he was the first to volunteer to get pizza on lunch breaks. his employer,...
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and maybe by then some of the people who are really unhappy with him about being nice to obama, maybe that will be old hat by then and maybe the tea party won't even exist in four years, who knows. >> michael: i doubt that can going to happen. bob, we are did a whole interview, i can't ask you one question about his weight. thanks for being honest. up next, the difficulties faced by silicon valley companies who say they can't get enough vie saas, tonight we'll hear the flip side of that right here in "the war room." honest. they can question whether i'm right, but i think that the audience gets that this guy, to the best of his ability, is trying to look out for us. ♪ >> michael: the fight over immigration reform isn't just about securing the border with mexico. it's also about opening our borders to highly skilled workers from around the world. right now the government grants 65,000 special visas, called an h1-b to foreign work worse highly specialized knowledge. a bipartisan bill in the senate would make it passable for nearly five times more foreign applicants to get those vie sa
and maybe by then some of the people who are really unhappy with him about being nice to obama, maybe that will be old hat by then and maybe the tea party won't even exist in four years, who knows. >> michael: i doubt that can going to happen. bob, we are did a whole interview, i can't ask you one question about his weight. thanks for being honest. up next, the difficulties faced by silicon valley companies who say they can't get enough vie saas, tonight we'll hear the flip side of that...
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good evening. >> good evening. >> morsi government lasted just a year in power. what were his biggest mistakes, and are you surprised that they were enough to force a rapid fall. >> i'm not surprised. two years ago when we saw the arab spring we understood that as egypt moved towards democracy it was not going to be a straight line. there were going to be steps forward, steps backwards, no one knows more than ryan crocker about how hard it is to take countries that didn't grow up in democracy, and still fill institutions and expectations with these kinds of expectation expectations. >> john: indeed. let's go to ambassador crocker. why did the military step in, and was this coup a continuation of past conflicts between jilt military and security forces and the muslim brotherhood. >> there were periods of civil unrest. the widespread rioting in a number of egyptian cities. the army did not move then. i think general el -sisi did it with reluctance, and president obama had it right. it's very important now for the military to maintain order be calm, observe rule of
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i got the year right on that. >> michael: president obama will be sitting on a beach in hawai'i in 2030 and hopefully in 2050. when you hear presidents say these sorts of things it seems so far ahead. but is that in your community now we have time to work on this. now we have the support to work on it? >> i'm interesting in covering this stuff at the start as well as the middle and the end. i'm going to be here longer than president obama, and i care about that time. i think the conversation is starting and it feels like we're at 2007 not 2013. there was a huge failure in copenhagen to get a global accord. that set america back several years. we're starting now to have the type of conversations that countries had in the late 2000. australia, my home country passed a comprehensive carbon package that seems to be slowly welcomed by the public. but the start is just as important as the end. as long as we start the conversation. as a journalist i've got a job to do. >> michael: that's important. tell me one more dog whistle. we didn't hear the word "keystone" the other night. what is the ro
i got the year right on that. >> michael: president obama will be sitting on a beach in hawai'i in 2030 and hopefully in 2050. when you hear presidents say these sorts of things it seems so far ahead. but is that in your community now we have time to work on this. now we have the support to work on it? >> i'm interesting in covering this stuff at the start as well as the middle and the end. i'm going to be here longer than president obama, and i care about that time. i think the...
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. >> obama: today five years after the start of that great recession, america has fought its way back. >> stephanie: he outlines his priorities for the remainder of his second term. michael tomasky will talk about at the bottom of the hour, the relative chances of any of that getting done because of -- [ crickets chirping ] >> stephanie: republicans. >> obama: even though our businesses are creating new jobs and broken record profits, nearly all of the income gains have continued to flow to the top 1%. >> stephanie: yeah, he dubbed the speech -- he called his talk a better bargain for the middle class. he said thanks to the grit and resilience of the american people we have cleared away the rubble. and here is the but, i'm here today to tell you what we already know that we're not there yet. >> yeah. >> stephanie: and in a short floor speech yesterday, he described it as a hollow shell, an easter egg with no candy in it. >> i used to serve at the tavern. >> it's a hollow shell. it's an easter egg with no candy in it. >> stephanie: my favorite was when he did the wrungs on the ladder b
. >> obama: today five years after the start of that great recession, america has fought its way back. >> stephanie: he outlines his priorities for the remainder of his second term. michael tomasky will talk about at the bottom of the hour, the relative chances of any of that getting done because of -- [ crickets chirping ] >> stephanie: republicans. >> obama: even though our businesses are creating new jobs and broken record profits, nearly all of the income gains have...
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it was his first trip outside of the white house since four years ago. he addressed young israelis in jerusalem. even there american politics wasn't far away. >> obama: you know politically given the strong support in america, the easiest thing for me to do is to put this issue aside. express unconditional support for whatever israel decides to do. that would be the easiest political path. but i want you to know that i speak to you as a friend who is deeply concerned and committed to your future. >> michael: and sometimes only friends can deliver the hard truth. >> you have the opportunity to be the generation that permanently secures the zionist ring, or you can face the growing challenge to its future. given the demographics west of the jordan river, the only way for israel to endure and thrive as a jewish and democratic state is through the realization of an independent and viable palestine. that is true. [applause] >> obama: just give the frustration in the international community about this conflict israel needs to reverse an under tow of isolation.
it was his first trip outside of the white house since four years ago. he addressed young israelis in jerusalem. even there american politics wasn't far away. >> obama: you know politically given the strong support in america, the easiest thing for me to do is to put this issue aside. express unconditional support for whatever israel decides to do. that would be the easiest political path. but i want you to know that i speak to you as a friend who is deeply concerned and committed to your...
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of course, catch of difference between what happened in the bush years and the obama years. thank you, that's my point. the bush administration used color-coded terrorism to the point where the nation was perpetually locked into a yellow alert status. remember? yellow was significant risk. >> we're now at periwinkle. and burnt umbrage. >> stephanie: he points out about tom ridge admitting it, he raised it for political reasons because he would told to. this is the first time the obama administration has closed embassies with details about a threat but it is easier to use false equivalents to scold democrats who don't share greenwald's world view. i don't mind repeating the observation that the far right thinks the president is an al-qaeda sleeper cell who is racist against white people while the neolibertarian left thinks he's a bloodthirsty racist who is determined to kill or detain as many muslims as he can. what unites these two factions is the unwavering assumption the president and the government each possess dark intentions for universal domination while sculpting even
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so the military is going to review that on how they're going to implement it over the years but it is now set to take place. now, meanwhile, of course, obama administration had repealed don't ask/don't tell, so that's no longer in force but the defense and marriage act prohibited federal employees from getting the same treatment as federal gay employees getting the same treatment as federal straight employees. that's a complicating situation. do you remember the guy who asked the question about this at the republican debates. if you don't let me show you this again. >> stir up a whole lot of controversy online and it comes from stephen hill, a soldier serving in iraq. >> in 2010 when i was deployed to iraq i had to lie about who i was because i'm a gay soldier. i didn't want to lose my job. my question is under one of your presidencies do you intend to circumvent the gay and lesbian soldier in the military. >> cenk: he joins us now. stephen snyder hill and joshua snyder hill. thanks for joining us. >> thanks for having us on. >> cenk: absolutely. steve, you're in the army reserve for
so the military is going to review that on how they're going to implement it over the years but it is now set to take place. now, meanwhile, of course, obama administration had repealed don't ask/don't tell, so that's no longer in force but the defense and marriage act prohibited federal employees from getting the same treatment as federal gay employees getting the same treatment as federal straight employees. that's a complicating situation. do you remember the guy who asked the question about...
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i hope it works this year. >> john: zach, the activist who heckled michelle obama vowed to stop being a nice lesbian as part of her mission to get equal rights for gay people. i think that's being a nice lesbian. now that progress is being made for the lgbt community, do you think it is a danger of folks being too nice and docile about things and not keeping the pressure on? >> i think a lot of it goes back to -- >> john: okay. i think we're having a little bit of trouble with zach's audio although for skype it doesn't look like -- hopefully we can get that fixed. richard, i'll bring you in. a lot of folks are upset the president hasn't signed this executive order and why do you think he hasn't done it yet? is he waiting to see if there's any movement on nda in the house and senate or is it something he's saving for the midterm election year next year? >> it is very hard to understand why he hasn't signed it. the employment nondiscrimination act is a bill they've supports but democratic presidents going back to bill clinton have supported it. it will not pass the republican house of r
i hope it works this year. >> john: zach, the activist who heckled michelle obama vowed to stop being a nice lesbian as part of her mission to get equal rights for gay people. i think that's being a nice lesbian. now that progress is being made for the lgbt community, do you think it is a danger of folks being too nice and docile about things and not keeping the pressure on? >> i think a lot of it goes back to -- >> john: okay. i think we're having a little bit of trouble with...
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as we followed this a few days ago, hillary clinton was meeting with president obama for lunch, and there may be some upset that we're looking a forward 2016. is i it now time to draw the lie even though it's two years out. >> i think it's curious that chris christie and rand paul would get involved with each other right now. they see a nominee already anointed on the democratic side. they know what they're going to be running against. they think raising money and getting out there early as the democrats are doing is the right way to go. but in fact hillary clinton hasn't announced, neither has chris christie, and neither has rand paul. this is a ramp up of publicity, i don't think they're paying attention other than to know that hillary clinton, if they wantshewants to run, she'll be e nominee. >> of those two guys, though, which one do you think the party most embraces, michael? >> if chris christie can some how appeal to the evangelicals in iowa, and can some how appeal to the wing of the party that makes decisions in south carolina, then he's a foe, but he has to engage there. if he s
as we followed this a few days ago, hillary clinton was meeting with president obama for lunch, and there may be some upset that we're looking a forward 2016. is i it now time to draw the lie even though it's two years out. >> i think it's curious that chris christie and rand paul would get involved with each other right now. they see a nominee already anointed on the democratic side. they know what they're going to be running against. they think raising money and getting out there early...
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>> bill: i was there a couple of years ago when president obama came in on her birthday with cupcakes. >> they share a birthday. >> bill: he walked in, started the briefing bringing the cupcakes in and we all sang happy birthday to both of them. she got under their skin but she was well respected. >> she did. she was asked once what the difference was between a rude question and a probing question and she said i don't believe there's such a thing as a rude question. >> bill: i love that quote. that's a good way to sum up her career, i think. >> bill: president obama back in the briefing room on friday for a very powerful, very unusual stand for the president talking about the trayvon martin case. >> it was. it was one of these moments we're going to remember for a long time. you know, there are no harsher critics than of president obama than folks like tom joyner and steve harvey and tavis smiley, major african-american talk radio folks around the country. it says something about our segregated media. not only are we sort of segregated by partisanship and whether we watch msnbc or fox
>> bill: i was there a couple of years ago when president obama came in on her birthday with cupcakes. >> they share a birthday. >> bill: he walked in, started the briefing bringing the cupcakes in and we all sang happy birthday to both of them. she got under their skin but she was well respected. >> she did. she was asked once what the difference was between a rude question and a probing question and she said i don't believe there's such a thing as a rude question....
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and this time next year on the third monday on april the world will return to this great american city to run harder than ever and to cheer even louder for the 118th boston marathon. bet on it. >> michael: our president rallying spirits at the memorial for botch bombing victims earlier today. it was a speech that definitely wasn't on the white house agenda on monday. just four days ago the top of the agenda was getting stronger gun background checks in the senate and pushing ahead on the immigration reform. now only terror and political defeat are in the headlines. joining me from francisco to tell how the white house can get back in the driver seat, lanny davis author of "crystals." based on his experience as special council to president bill clinton during the lewinsky scandal. and lanny davis welcome into the war room. >> thanks, thanks for having me. >> michael: let's get right to the top of the news line. the boston bombings diverted the white house's time, energy and message away from the gun debate. how does it get back on track? should it even get back on track? >> it should, a
and this time next year on the third monday on april the world will return to this great american city to run harder than ever and to cheer even louder for the 118th boston marathon. bet on it. >> michael: our president rallying spirits at the memorial for botch bombing victims earlier today. it was a speech that definitely wasn't on the white house agenda on monday. just four days ago the top of the agenda was getting stronger gun background checks in the senate and pushing ahead on the...
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i think the most liberal speech barack obama has given. >> much more radical than the speech he gave four years ago. >> this is clearly a president who is not running for re-election. >> unapologetically liberal. >> yea! >> karl rove put out the ad as a pejorative. >> they said the president was the biggest celebrity. all of the moments of really cool and really smart and funny. i thought that's an attack ad? it makes him look awesome. >> smart! >> the only place it is an attack ad is -- >> at fox. >> and old white men. >> hal: i think there could have been a nice rebuttal, kind of an ad put out with the pretzel-oriented band-aid on his head and not opening the door right when he was trying to escape the press conference. quoting the who. messing that up. >> that dance. awkward. >> hal: that's actually been one of the -- in response to the speech, one of the consistent refrains and they've kind of put this up. this is a continuation of a their at this they're trying to push was that he's isolated. he lives in this kind of cocoon because that's where they live. the idea is the karl ro
i think the most liberal speech barack obama has given. >> much more radical than the speech he gave four years ago. >> this is clearly a president who is not running for re-election. >> unapologetically liberal. >> yea! >> karl rove put out the ad as a pejorative. >> they said the president was the biggest celebrity. all of the moments of really cool and really smart and funny. i thought that's an attack ad? it makes him look awesome. >> smart!...
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that is more than twice the worker's annual salary of $11,000 a year at minimum wage. as i mentioned last hour, president obama is heading to chattanooga, tennessee to announce a possible grand bargain that might generate some jobs. but before he goes he is going to meet with secretary of state, john kerry. kerry has been spear heading the middle east peace talks. all parties met for a dinner last night. the meal marking the end of a lay-long fast. the conversations will continue today. we're expecting a press conference this evening. we're back after the break. ♪ cenk off air>>> alright in 15 minutes we're going to do the young turks! i think the number 1 thing than viewers like about the young turks is that were honest. they know that i'm not bsing them for some hidden agenda, actually supporting one party or the other. when the democrats are wrong, they know i'm going to be the first one to call them out. cenk on air>> what's unacceptable is how washington continues to screw the middle class over. cenk off air>>> i don't want the middle class taking the brunt of t
that is more than twice the worker's annual salary of $11,000 a year at minimum wage. as i mentioned last hour, president obama is heading to chattanooga, tennessee to announce a possible grand bargain that might generate some jobs. but before he goes he is going to meet with secretary of state, john kerry. kerry has been spear heading the middle east peace talks. all parties met for a dinner last night. the meal marking the end of a lay-long fast. the conversations will continue today. we're...
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for the first four years president obama the republicans who used to be for immigration reform under president bush were now against it because obama was for it. and on the individual mandate which was a republican idea borrowed from the heritage foundation republicans said they liked it. president obama put it in his healthcare plan and then the republicans suddenly flipped on it. here's what gets me. to use that kind of cheap political trick on an issue of this importance when it's saving america's kids, when it's acting in the memory of those 26 people killed in newtown connecticut including 20 little kids, 6-year-olds, to say that getting back at president obama is more important than honoring their memory by doing the right thing in terms of background checks, that is about as sick and disgusting as you can get. and you know, good for pat toomey for calling them out. what else is happening on the political landscape? we'll find out with ginger gibson from politico next on the "full court press." >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." high. cenk uygur: i think the number on
for the first four years president obama the republicans who used to be for immigration reform under president bush were now against it because obama was for it. and on the individual mandate which was a republican idea borrowed from the heritage foundation republicans said they liked it. president obama put it in his healthcare plan and then the republicans suddenly flipped on it. here's what gets me. to use that kind of cheap political trick on an issue of this importance when it's saving...
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so you got the obama plan. just double it to 6.8. you have the republican plan and by the way, with president obama once you fix it in, it's locked in to the life of the loan. the republican plan, which is a floating plan recalculated every year could go up as high as 81/2 %. in the senate, the one flan makes the most sense, elizabeth warren, you know, we elected her as a great progressive and she has proven to be. this is her first fwhal she introduced which would say uh-uh. let's not -- let's forget this 3.4% even let's give students loans, federal government, at the same rate that the banks are able to borrow money from the fed these days and from the treasury department, that special prime rate for the big banks which is less than 1%, and elizabeth warren says about that: you know what? why should banks get a better rate than students? yeah, some students may default on their loans, but a lot of banks default on their stuff, too. so let's treat students the same as banks and the other point she makes is that the if he hadral gove
so you got the obama plan. just double it to 6.8. you have the republican plan and by the way, with president obama once you fix it in, it's locked in to the life of the loan. the republican plan, which is a floating plan recalculated every year could go up as high as 81/2 %. in the senate, the one flan makes the most sense, elizabeth warren, you know, we elected her as a great progressive and she has proven to be. this is her first fwhal she introduced which would say uh-uh. let's not -- let's...
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of the areas where he has done significant work on behalf of the administration in this first four years and we'll continue on those interests going forward. it's an interesting thing jennifer in global diplomacy economics is becoming a far more meaningful element of global diplomacy. there is now an assistant secretary of state that focuses on energy issues, and i think senator kerry will continue this dialogue because it is really a foundation. hillary clinton promoted the concept of commercial diplomacy and i think senator kerry agrees with that emphasis. >> jennifer: i totally agree. we'll see what happens on keystone. but there is another issue that he'll have to deal with with respect to our place in the world, and that's the u.s.' use of drones. i guess they'll launch an investigation into u.s. drone policy. does the u.s. need to be more transparent on the issue in your opinion? >> i really do think so. and i think john brennan in his time at the white presuming he moves over to the central intelligence agency, i think he philosophically has that point of view. there are some limi
of the areas where he has done significant work on behalf of the administration in this first four years and we'll continue on those interests going forward. it's an interesting thing jennifer in global diplomacy economics is becoming a far more meaningful element of global diplomacy. there is now an assistant secretary of state that focuses on energy issues, and i think senator kerry will continue this dialogue because it is really a foundation. hillary clinton promoted the concept of...